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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Post-equinox there's less light, and also the light is different - less strident, more admitting of softness (red maple) #photography #aofoto #BlueSkyArtShow #light

close-up photo of a red maple leaf, still green near the veins fading to deep crimson at the edges, with an abstract dark background

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thrice I trimmed the goldenrod in the west meadow, and thrice it bloomed anyway. The bees are pleased. #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Golden

A stem of goldenrod laden with golden blossoms, a single golden bee nestled among them.

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

i was trimming beans this evening, listening to the crickets and the birds, wondering how long the line of human history i'm in (dawn redwood) #photography

close-up photograph of a few fronds of lush green dawn redwood needles, creating overlapping shadows

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It doesn't look real to *me*, and I was there! Lilypad at sunset, taken from the kayak. #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #minimal

A single, large lilypad, edges submerged, floating on a light, early sunset.

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"In photography everything is so ordinary it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary." (David Bailey) It took a lot of wandering around, re-framing, and looking at light to find this photograph. (pickerel weed) #photography

Close-up photograph of a backlit purple blossom and green leaf of pickerel weed in front of rippled blue, black and white water

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

lily pads, before the moon before i turned around and saw the moon in her glory there was the sun in her own #photography

photograph of two lilypad leaves on rippled water reflecting alternate orange and blue sky

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

lilypad with moon I took the kayak out to photograph the sunset, but when i turned around the moon was in her glory #photography (image cropped but otherwise unedited)

close-up photograph of a single lilypad leaf on gently rippling water reflecting a dark and light purple evening sky; the moon is reflected as two white splotches

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

blue buoy on the blue sea (it's actually a pond) #photography

close-up photograph of a pretty beat up float with weathered blue paint, on rippling blue water, reflecting golden sun

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

i went to the local pond for the first time in weeks (it's been busy); it's too easy to forget how magical the world is (American white waterlily) #photography

close-up photograph of a single drop of water resting on a water lily leaf

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Turns out, given a day off, I make like a tree and drink plenty of water, stay in one place, and soak up the sun (Persian walnut) #photography

close-up photograph of a branch of Persian walnut, with three leaves snugged close, and a small patch of lichen

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

For 9 weeks I've been studying trees, learning to ID them in the forest. My spouse and I went to the arboretum; I tried to ID the trees and got every single one wrong. (Katsura tree) #photography

Close-up photograph of a dangling cluster of Katsura leaves in front of an abstract green background

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

If ever you're wondering whether you look as bad in real life as in photos, this sweet pea was stunning and I took many terrible photos of it before I found its good angle. It's not you, it's the camera. #photography

close-up photograph of the end of a sweet pea vine with a clump of purple flowers, before an abstract green background

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Behind the camera again after a 6 month hiatus I had to re-learn how to see. This little fly was a nice helper. #photography

An inflorescence of Black Cohosh illuminated against a dark background; a single orange-eyed green fly hovers nearby.

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Who would have thought grad school would be hard? (Carolina spicebush) #photography

Close-up photograph of a single branch and dark red bud of Carolina spicebush

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

i took the long way to the post office today #photography

photograph of a footpath winding through the snow in a forest, the sun at a steep angle from the right

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

A brotherhood of misery, With smiles as sad as sighs -- Whose madness daily maddened me, Distorting into agony The bliss before my eyes. - Brontë #photography

close-up photograph of a tree trunk whose smooth bark is patched in moss and fluffy snow

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

are vines greedy, because they grow fast and climb trees to reach the light? are trees greedy, because they block the light making it hard for anything else to grow? or does the notion of greed simply not apply? #photography

photograph of a large, snow-capped vine wrapped around the dead trunk of a pine tree

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

beech buds beneath the snow presumably there's a beech branch in there somewhere too #photography

close-up photograph of a dry, brown beech leaf covered in a blanket of snow; the snow extends to the right in a forked zig-zag. two ruddy beech buds also protrude from the snow

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

snow cap'd stone in a winter's stream as kids we'd go out on the frozen streams and use big sticks to pound holes in the ice between our feet yes we fell in, but not as often as you'd think

photograph of a stone capped with snow in a stream

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

snow cap'd stub of a pine branch my feet can feel this digging into their calloused soles from all the tree climbing i did as a kid #photography

close-up photograph of the broken stub of a pine branch capped with snow projecting from the bark of the trunk

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

fresh snow and hemlock, two of my favorite things! #photography

close-up photograph of the tip of a hemlock bough weighed down by clumps of snow, before an abstract white background

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

There's a parable in milkweed: it made itself super toxic so things wouldn't eat it, and now everything wants to eat it so they, too, can be super toxic

photograph of dried winter husks of milkweed pods, scraps of fluff and seeds clinging to the rough shells, before an abstract brown background

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

each hemlock needle is small, but together they block the sun, so a hemlock groves is cool, moist, resinous, and quiet, a separate world tucked into the wider woods #photography

close-up photograph of the tip of a hemlock branch, the needles supporting a puff of snow

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

it was a banner day for these leaves in the wind #photography

photograph of small cluster of dry, red maple leaves extending from a gray snow-covered branch before an abstract gray background

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

this utterly ordinary oak stands in a patch of wood a five minute walk from my home; even in winter it is a rich mosaic of life

close-up photograph of a patch of gray oak bark covered in blue-gray and dark gray lichen, with patches of dark green algae in the crevices of the bark. a damaged green vine twists across the bark with a small clump of snow on it; behind the vine is a cluster of black insect eggs

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

scratched, scuffed, blemished and broken i love how clearly a birch's bark records its life

close-up photograph of the edge of the trunk of a paper birch, showing scratches, scuffs, a dark lesion, many layers, and with orange streamers and white curlicues trailing in the wind

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

spruce beneath the pine - this little spruce is hanging out beneath big white pines, catching stray sun, snow, and needles; it can stay little for decades, then when a storm knocks down a pine, launch itself upward

close-up photograph of the top of a spruce tree, green needles blanketed under a small blanket of white snow, a couple of brown pine needle clumps hang from the branches

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I work in a pretty touristy area and often find myself adding "character" to the backdrop of tourist photos. This milkweed started as backdrop in my wild carrot photo, but ended up being another main character.

close-up photograph of the top of a dry milkweed stem showing several empty pods with bits of fluff clinging to them, before an abstract mottled brown and white background

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

at the edge of an empty meadow teaming with life

photograph of a closed dried brown head of wild carrot (Queen Anne's Lace) wearing a small cap of snow before an abstract ruddy brown background. a second, lighter, semi-open head with no snow is slightly out of focus behind.

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

often what i think i'm photographing isn't what i end up photographing; thought it was the snow, but it was the tendrils

photograph of a fuzzy dried grass seed head that has captured little blobs of snow, with tendrils of dried grass blades looping through the image

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

And if I should falter, would you open your arms out to me? --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/MCEX-16/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of a bundle of yellow and brown pine needles nestled in the fronds of a yellow and brown fern

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

the world is rife with traces telling of the past; to be a scientist - to interpret these traces - is to be a historian --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/MCEX-16/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of a mostly yellow hickory leaf, its tip torn off, its veins brown, a little faded green between the veins, and traces and mottles of black

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

even our good friends can sometimes be prickly; that doesn't mean they're not good friends --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/MCEX-16/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of a twig of mostly-dead pine needles before an abstract dark background

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

cherry jam when a cherry tree is injured it makes a kind of jelly to protect itself -- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/MCEX-16/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of the trunk of a young cherry tree showing a large canker oozing amber jelly

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

reframe: i took one step to the left between each of these photos to line the subject up with a different background. i like they're all autumnal, but end up with different atmospheres! --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/MCEX-16/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of a clutch of fading oak leaves before a yellow and light blue background

close-up photograph of a clutch of fading oak leaves before a yellow background streaked with dark brown

close-up photograph of a clutch of fading oak leaves before a mottled green, orange, and white background

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

i love taking full-color pictures of a black-and-white world --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/Camera JPEG

close up photograph of a bright red maple leaf before a light gray background with dark gray twigs

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

i'm still figuring out how to photograph ferns; this patch was maniacal in person, but feels almost serene in this photo --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of pale green ferns going every which way, with green, yellow and brown leaves and pine needles scattered amongst

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I just started grad school, and have had very limited time for photography. It's an amazing autumn here though, so I ignored my piles of assignments to go on a photo walk in the woods nearby. No regrets. --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/MCEX-16/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of a red maple leaf illuminated from behind, against an abstract dark background. A single stick passes behind the leaf, casting a warped shadow.

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Fox Grape grows wild around here, and they are as perfumed as any flower! --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/MCEX-16/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of a mostly-brown grape leaf on a twisted tendril of vine, autumn yellow in the background

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Not a Maple Aside from maple trees don't have berries, and their leaves generally don't turn purple, and a few other obvious things that I may have overlooked, mapleleaf viburnum looks just like maple! --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/MCEX-16/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of a mapleleaf viburnum leaf midway through turning purple, with dark blue berries also visible

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

this is not a flat bee; it is a flat hoverfly if you've never seen a hoverfly hover, the name is spot on! --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/MCEX-16/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of a pink rose of sharon with a yellow-and-black striped hoverfly visiting

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

earth, air, fire, water: the sand beneath the water, the reflection of the sky above the water, the light of the sun, the water itself. --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of a stream in dappled sun; the sun illuminates golden pebbles on the stream bed and red, yellow and green leaves; blue sky reflects in the rippled surface of the water

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

monarch butterflies make themselves unpalatable by eating milkweed leaves, and apparently fireflies do it by sucking on milkweed roots! --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of a green milkweed pod framed by dark green milkweed leaves

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

"Everything's so GREEEEEN!!!!" (when you're a woodland stream) --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of two black stones in a woodland stream; a few faded green and yellow leaves are scattered on the stones, and green leaves are reflected in the surface of the water

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

when i see a stream, i wonder: how long does it take to flow to the sea? or, like the Okavango, does it flow into the desert and vanish? (this one flows to the sea, via two ponds, two swamps, two streams, and three rivers) --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of the a stream rippling between stones, reflecting green leaves and white sky

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

the world made strange - this is a little woodland stream rippling around a stone, reflecting trees and sky, flowing from right to left --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of the rippled surface of water showing nearly abstract whorls of blue, white, brown and black; the right side of the image is almost solid black

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

life consists largely of hidden moments --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph showing a beam of sun highlighting a yellow and a green leaf by a black rock and clear water, the water reflecting swirls of green from leaves above

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

above: the sky; below: the soil; and in between: a thin skim shimmers separating forest air from woodland stream --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/Camera JPEG

photograph of the smooth surface of water, interrupted by black rocks; below the water is visible sand and pebbles; reflected in the surface of the water is visible dappled leaves and white sky

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niribaha @niribaha.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

forest water shines with the green of the leaves rather than the blue of the sky --- #nature #minimal #photography #fujifilm 📸📷🎞️ X-T4/XF55-200/Camera JPEG

close-up photograph of a green stream rippling between black rocks, decorated with one amber leaf

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